1. large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan; [syn: Malaxis, genus Malaxis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Malaxis
n 1: large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a
few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green
flowers; cosmopolitan [syn: Malaxis, genus Malaxis]